Taliban Attack on Tolo TV Journalists' Vehicle in Kabul (2016)
Incident- Date
- Jan 20, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Kabul: Kabul
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- Darulaman Road, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Other
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On 20 January 2016, a suicide attack targeted a minibus transporting journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, Afghanistan's 24-hour news channel, as it traveled along Darulaman Road in Kabul. The attack resulted in the deaths of seven media workers and injuries to 25 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, though an individual claiming to represent an Islamic State-affiliated group also asserted involvement.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 32
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